Lithuanian
As part of its Baltic Studies program, the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington offers two years of classroom instruction in Lithuanian as well as an opportunity for continued independent study of the language.
Program Overview
Degree availability: Minor / B.A. / M.A. / Ph.D.
Years offered: 2 years
Contact: Department of Scandinavian Studies
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Course Information
Course Catalog
- LITH 101 First Year Lithuanian 1
- LITH 102 First Year Lithuanian 2
- LITH 103 First Year Lithuanian 3
- LITH 113 Basic Lithuanian
- LITH 150 Intensive Lithuania
- LITH 201/202/203 Second-Year Lithuanian
- LITH 211/212/213 Intermediate Written Lithuanian
- LITH 250 Intensive Intermediate Lithuanian
- LITH 310 Topics in Lithuanian Literature and Culture
- LITH 490 Supervised Reading
"Because I've always been interested in the Baltic region. And I have family in Latvia. So I didn't know the language at that point. But I was like Lithuanian is harder, so I should probably take that one so I can have access to a professor." - UW Student
Faculty's Recent Research
Publications
- Garbes, H. and A. Schmidt. “Baltic Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian,” in D. Karna, ed., The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal. Landham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2012.
- Guntis Šmidchens, “Herder and Lithuanian Folksongs,” Lituanus 56,1 (2010): http://www.lituanus.org/2010/10_1_05%20Smidchens.html
Student Success Stories
More About Lithuanian
Global
- Over 3 million speakers (as L1: 2,839,410; as L2: 296,040).
- Spoken in 24 other countries.
Learning
- Lithuanian shares roots with Sanskrit, Latin, and Ancient Greek, which makes it one of the oldest living Indo-European languages.
Culture & Diplomacy
Travel & Career
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